my mom has been checking her lamp and checking the t.v to make sure their of like no tomorrow. lately even if no ones in the house we shut everything of and come back to find that its on. i find it pretty funny

Chaz Jankel, the keyboardist and co-writer for Ian Dury and the Blockheads, who wrote a number of seriously great early 80s dance tunes in a solo career that kind of went under the radar. Quincy Jones did make a hit of one of them. Now he’s a funk-jazz musician as well as a member of The Blockheads.

I think he was very cute, too, in his day. I’d’ve tapped that if I were of age at the time! Now he looks like an older Daniel Pearl.

Swaptree. I discovered it a few months ago, and am addicted to it. It’s so easy to use, much cheaper than buying new books and video games, and lets me clear out the piles and piles of books I’ve collected over the years to make room for new ones. I can get DS games for my kids, and have even gotten Wii games for nothing more than the cost of shipping whatever item I’m trading for it (usually $2–3).

The downside is, I spend even more time reading each day instead of doing useful things like laundry or mopping floors.

@FutureMemory No I don’t, but I will be checking it out. One of my daughters bought a best of album which I have been tucking into. Before that, I only knew a couple or so of their tracks. Good stuff indeed.